The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-07-28

JACOB with BOOu zeal OL tug ana push
took The stone from the wells mouth, SO
that the fiocks might watered. And |
would that this morning my word, blessed
Of God, might remove the hindrances to
your getting up to the Gospel we'll. Yea,
take it for granted that the work IS done,
and now, like oriental shepherds, pro-
ceed to water the sheep.
Come, all We thirsty You have an un-
defined longing in your soul. You tried
money making; that did not satisfy you.
You tried Office under Government; that
did not satisfy you. You tried pictures
and sulptureS; but works of art did not
satisfy you. You are as much disconnected
with this life rs the celebrated French
author who felt that he could not any
longer endure the misfortunes of the
world, and who said. AT A o'clock this
afternoon / shall put an end to my own eX-
fstencc. Meanwhile, must toll on up to
that ime for the sustenance my family"
And he wrote on is book until the clock
struck four, when he folded up his manu-
script and, by his own hand, concluded his
earthly life. There are men in this house
who are perfectly disconnected. Unhappy
in the past, unhal py to-day, to be unhappy
TO ever, unless You come to this Gospel
we'll. This satisfies the soul with q high,
deep, all absorbing, and eternal satistac-
tion. 1t comes, and it offers the most
unfortunate man so much of this world as
is bes for him, and throws all Heaven into
the bargain. The wealth of Crpsus, and of
all the Stewards, and of all the Earrings,
and all the Rothschilds is only poor,
miserable shilling compared with the
eternal fortunes that Christ offers yOu to-
day. In the far east there was a king
mb nc y n
while on The other side the scales were
placed gold und silver and gems; indeed
enough we're placed there 10 balance the
king; then, at tie close of the weighing,
all those tre asures were thrown among the
populace. But Chist to-day steps on one
side the scales, and on the other side all
treasures of the universe, and He says:
"All are yours-all height, all depth, all
length, all breadth, all ct rnity; all are
yours" We don't appreciate the promises
of the Gospel. When an aged clergyman
was dying-a man very eminent in the
church--a young theological student stood
by his side, and the aged man looked up
and said to him; "CRn't you give me
some comfort in my dying hour" "No,"
said the young man; al can't talk to you on
this subject; you know all about it, and
have known it so long" swell, said the
dying man, "just recite to me some prom
ises." The young man thought moment,
and he came TO this promise: "The blood
of Jesus Christ cleanseth from all sin"
and the old man clapped his hands, and in
his dying moment said: "That's just the
promise / have been waiting for. The
blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth from all
sim" Oh, the warmth, the grandeur the
mngniacence of tie promises!
Coma olSO In thig (fOgnnl we'll oil
troubled. | do not suppose you have
escaped. Compare your view of this life
at Is years of age with what your view is
of it at 40, or 60, or 70. What great con-
trast of opinion. Were you right then, or
are you right now? Two cups placed in
your hanC S-the one a sweet cup, the
other a sour cup. A cup Of 10y and cup
of grief. Which has been the nearest TO
being full, and out of which have you the
more frequently partaken? What a diff
ferent place Greenwood is from what it
used to be? Once it was to you a grand
city Improvement, and you went out on the
pleasure excursion, and yot ran laughingly
up the mound, and you criticised in a light
way the epitaph. But since the day when
you heard the bell toll at the gate when
you went in with the process on, it is a sad
place and there is flood Of rushing
memories that. suffuse the eye and over
master the heart. Oh, YOU have had
trouble, trouble, trouble. God only knows
, how much you have mad. 1t is wonder
You have been able 10 i've through It, II
is wonder your nervous system has not
, been shattered, and your BRAIN mas not
reeled. Trouble, trouble. If could
gather all tie griefs, OF all sorts, from this
great audience, and could put them In one
SCROLL neither man nor angel could endure
the recitation. We'll, what do you want!
Would you ike to have your property back
again? mo" you say, as Christian man,
81 was becoming arrogant, and think that
is why the Lord took it away don't
want to have my property back Nell,
then, what do you want? thousand voices
IN the audience cry ont; Comfort, give us
comfort. FOR mat reason L nave roHed
away ne stone nom theg %aHs moutp'
Come, All ye wounded OF, the Heck pur-
sued OF tie wolves, come to the fountain
Where the Lords SICK ana bere.toneS have
come. Ht s'gh .H nn N,,naI.r, '.as..
All, says some one, yon are not OLD
enoueh 10 unferstand my sofroWs' You
have not heen lnthe world 'aR long as }
have, and you cant tax to me about my
mis- ortunes IN the llme OF old age" Wen,
may not have lived as long as you but 1
have been great deal among old people,
and know NV they teel about tnelr tail-
ing health,aud about Their departed trends,
and about the loneliness that sometimes
strikes THROUGH their souls. After two
persons have lived together tor forty or
fifty years, and enc of them is taken away,
what desolatlon! | shall not FORGET the cry
OF the late Rev. Dr. Dewitt, OF New York,
when he stood hy the ,open, grave OF his
beloved wife, and, after the olbsequies had
ended, he looked down INTO The open place
and said; Farewell, my honored!, faithful,
and beloved wife: The bond that bound
US is severed. Thou art IN glory, and L
am here on earth. We shall meet again.
Farewell! FAREWELL" TO lean on prop for
fifty years, and then have 1t break under